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23/6/2019 at 5:12pm
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Hi
We are now seriously thinking of investing in a roof box, we are fed up of playing car tetris especially when packing away on site and feel it would be much easier.
Ive been looking at either Thule or Exodus and wondered if anyone has any good or bad experiences of them? Also are the aero bars worth the extra money? They seem a heck of a lot pricier so im wondering what the benefits are.
Im presuming they are watertight or would you put stuff in bin bags just in case? Sorry for all the questions but i really have no idea of these things. I am presuming they are easy to fit!
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23/6/2019 at 5:56pm
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Can't comment of Thule or Exodus as we have neither, ours is a Mont Blanc and it's been fine.
I'm not convinced by aero bars unless you're going to leave them on all the time.
There's quite a bit of useful advice in this thread from when we bought ours.
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23/6/2019 at 7:04pm
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Quote: Originally posted by seanfdh on 23/6/2019
Can't comment of Thule or Exodus as we have neither, ours is a Mont Blanc and it's been fine.
I'm not convinced by aero bars unless you're going to leave them on all the time.
There's quite a bit of useful advice in this thread from when we bought ours.
Thanks that thread was really helpful
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23/6/2019 at 9:27pm
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Using a Kamie Husky XXL at the moment, at 510lt it’s as big as you would need, there is the Farad F3 at 680lt, but that box weighs in at 22kg so could impact on the load you carry.
The Kamiei Husky XXL is rated to 75kg, but the car I am using at the moment has a 60kg limit for the roof rails as the car has a moon roof.
By the time I factor in the weight of the roof bars and foot pack, load weight capacity for the Kamie Husky XXL is down to 35kg, to be fair we only put the bulky lightweight stuff in the roof box, and I have managed to stuff it full, and keep to 35kg.
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24/6/2019 at 10:11am
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most of the noise from square roofbars comes from the wind travelling over the slots and whistling.
like blowing over the top of a milk bottle.
cover them with gaffer tape.....
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24/6/2019 at 3:37pm
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We've had a couple of Kameis - got one, it was great - had more kids - bought a bigger one. German engineering with a long warranty too. Get from roofbox co uk with associated UKCS discount.
I personally wouldn't get any other make now-a-days. Never had a Thule or Exodus, but you see lots about which I think probably means they are reasonable.
We use aero bars. We've had both square and aeros and aeros have been much quieter at speed on the cars we've had. I guess its all aero dynamics.
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25/6/2019 at 5:48am
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Yep, I would add that square steel bars are fine for using with a roofbox, no noticeable sound.
On the VW Golf we had the Mount Blanc Classic kit, the bars were particularly heavy duty maybe 2.5mm thick metal.
The Ford Kuga I am using now, has the raised roof rails, so even better than the VW Golf, only needed to get the roof bars with fitting kit, so went for the Thule unit, well impressed as it even comes with a 4nm fixed 5mm torque wrench to ensure that you don’t over tighten the clamps, which helps avoid damaging the roof rails.
Again the bars are about 2.5mm steel in thickness, and are rated to 100kg, overkill to be fair, but what will do more, will do less!
Son is in the trade so got the Thule setup last week £87 which was defo mates rates, and about the same price that I paid for the amount Blanc Classic Roof-rack over ten years ago, which was also mates rates from a friend who owns a local car accessory shop.
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25/6/2019 at 6:06pm
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Quote: Originally posted by simonch on 25/6/2019
I must say, my 30's have been far less exciting than i imagined...
Just wait until you hit your fifties.
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25/6/2019 at 6:09pm
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Yep Sean, why is it that young birds like to flirt outrageously with us 50+ year old blokes, is it that they see us as no a no threat situation lol.
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